All departed this world in a shovel of fat

[sovay]

At my family's annual Hanukkah party tonight, my brother deep-fried: Golden Oreos, a Crunchie bar, two kinds of marzipan (chocolate-dipped and plain), a peeled clementine, candied orange peel, candied ginger, a chocolate marshmallow, and Great Cthulhu. There were calls for him to deep-fry some grapes, but by that point the exercise was mostly theoretical: I'm not sure anyone's cardiovascular system could have stood further experimentation. We may have achieved both excellence and serious injury.

But oh, my God. Deep-fried candied orange peel and deep-fried candied ginger. That may be all you need.

And hope.

Comments

[rosefox]

We may have achieved both excellence and serious injury.

Only one way to know!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad there were good things. I hope nobody was seriously injured by the excellence, or even in addition to. I hope even Great Cthulhu was tasty.

...Deep-fried candied orange peel and deep-fried candied ginger.

And hope.

Yes. Needed things, all of them. Especially the last, especially right now. Especially here.

[selidor]

my brother deep-fried [...] Great Cthulhu.

While I did have to read that sentence twice, this has got me thinking, given the sheer number of excellent calamari recipes that exist.
Also, the world should contain a story titled 'Great Cthulhu, Tasty when Deep-Fried'.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Fabulous party--and hilarious!

Nine

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Yes, but hopefully they have not wrecked their lives.

Anyway, that sounds awesome. Wish I could've been there, but quite apart from the logistics, I REALLY needed to get some grading in...

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

I'll take the deep-fried hope and the unfried candied orange peel! (that's one of my favorite things in the world).

It all sounds awesome.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I must say, it was the deep-fried orange peel that attracted me! Having just spent time making jars and jars of yummy Seville marmalade...

So... your brother has a deep frier? And is not afraid of very hot fat!

What did he use for a batter?

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

I would think Great Chthulhu would taste rather like giant squid, ie awful.

[selidor]

The only colossal squid I've seen had been well pickled in formalin, so I don't think anyone was about to calamari it. But a baby colossal squid, surely that would be tasty...(in principle. I don't think I'd want to actually eat anything that smart).

[sovay]

Only one way to know!

I believe injury was avoided!

[sovay]

Yes, but hopefully they have not wrecked their lives.

Don't think so. If I die eight years before my time, I guess it's not like we'll know anyway?

Wish I could've been there, but quite apart from the logistics, I REALLY needed to get some grading in...

Understood. Any chance you could make it for eggnog on Christmas Day?

[sovay]

I hope even Great Cthulhu was tasty.

Nobody ate Great Cthulhu, to be honest, but he was marveled at.

[sovay]

While I did have to read that sentence twice, this has got me thinking, given the sheer number of excellent calamari recipes that exist.

Great Cthulhu in this case was the last of the leftover batter, which tangled itself into an ominous, tentacular shape when poured into the last of the oil by my brother—instantly recognizable. I'll try to post or otherwise communicate to you at least one of the photos that were taken, assuming the Kirlian radiation hasn't rendered them unviewable.

Also, the world should contain a story titled 'Great Cthulhu, Tasty when Deep-Fried'.

Please, go for it.

[sovay]

Fabulous party--and hilarious!

I am glad.

[sovay]

I'll take the deep-fried hope and the unfried candied orange peel! (that's one of my favorite things in the world).

Give me a poem about deep-fried hope and I'll have candied orange peel for you when you come to Boston.

[sovay]

Having just spent time making jars and jars of yummy Seville marmalade...

Photos? Recipe? Report!

So... your brother has a deep frier? And is not afraid of very hot fat!

My brother has a deep fryer and also a very deep saucepan that can be filled with oil for an encore. He's been frying our latkes for years, plus onion rings and whatever anyone else hands him. Which derspatchel this year decided to test. With excellent results, if you ask me.

What did he use for a batter?

I'll ask him for the recipes—the one for the onion rings was a straightforward dough, not sweet, and the one for the desserts was more like doughnuts. I didn't eat any of the onion rings, but I can vouch for the sweet kind.

[ckd]

The onion rings were also very tasty.

[sovay]

The onion rings were also very tasty.

I am glad they met with your approval.

[sovay]

I would think Great Chthulhu would taste rather like giant squid, ie awful.

Has anyone tried making calamari from fresh-caught giant squid? I am not necessarily saying I want to eat a squid ring the size of a tire—the texture seems more hazardous to me than the taste—but I hadn't realized the experiment had even been made. I mostly think of specimens as coming to light in circumstances where edibility takes a distant back seat to whether the thing's still got all of its tentacles and how fast can it be preserved?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Nobody ate Great Cthulhu, to be honest, but he was marveled at.

Part of me is slightly disappointed,* but I do have to admit that Great Old Ones are probably not part of a healthy diet. Somehow I doubt that eldritch horrors are organic, although I suppose that they probably are hormone-free.

*After all, my reaction to Jurassic Park was "Why recreate dinosaurs solely in order to make an amusement park? Just think of the omlettes!"

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Nobody ate Great Cthulhu, to be honest, but he was marveled at.

Did Great Cthulhu in this instance contain hand of Buddha citron by any chance?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure when/if report will come (due to the backlog of So Many Posts), but here is a photo of the Seville oranges, boiling away, preparatory to being turned into marmalade:



ETA: the method I used was desperance's, which worked excellently: entry here

[sovay]

but here is a photo of the Seville oranges, boiling away, preparatory to being turned into marmalade:

That's a beautifully vivid photo! There's a lot of motion in it. I hope they smelled fantastic.

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

...that ginger sounds kind of extraordinary.

[sovay]

...that ginger sounds kind of extraordinary.

Come for the Hanukkah party next year! I trust it will make an appearance.